LEWIS v. U.S.

Nos. 04-CO-894, 04-CO-895.

871 A.2d 470 (2005)

Sophia LEWIS, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee. Sean Brown, Appellant, v. United States, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided April 7, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas Farquhar, Washington, appointed by the court, for appellant Sophia Lewis.

William G. Dansie, appointed by the court, for appellant Sean Brown.

Valinda Jones, Assistant United States Attorney, with whom Kenneth L. Wainstein, United States Attorney, and John R. Fisher, David B. Goodhand, and Jeffrey Pearlman, Assistant United States Attorneys, were on the brief for appellee.

Before SCHWELB and REID, Associate Judges, and FERREN, Senior Judge.


FERREN, Senior Judge:

Appellants Sean Brown and Sophia Lewis were each charged with two counts of possession of a prohibited weapon (PPW),1 three counts of possession of an unregistered firearm (UF),2 and one count of unlawful ammunition (UA).3 Before trial, Brown filed a motion to dismiss the information on the ground that he was immune from prosecution under D.C.Code § 7...

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